DEFENCE OF BRITAIN
A NEW YEAR MESSAGE WARNING BY AIR MINISTER DANGER OF INTERFERENCE (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 31, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 30 The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, in a New Y’ear mesage, said: “ There are those who constantly pour condemnation on other countries with whom they do not agree and would seek to dictate lo them how they should conduct their own affairs. Such people would be the first, and rightly so. to resent interference with our own policy and democratic system of Government. If that is to be the policy or this country the inevitable consequences would be war sooner or later. THE FLEET AIR ARM AN INCREASE IN PERSONNEL TO ESTABLISH SHORE BASES (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright.' LONDON, Dec. 30 It is announced that the Admiralty is aiming to extend the Fleet Air Arm’s present complement of 3000 officers and men to J. 0,000 by 1942, and is also planning to establish its own shore bases, including a special air dockyard for the repair and maintenance of all aeroplanes used by the Fleet.
The Daily Mail points out that the Fleet Air Arm will shortly be as big as the Royal Air Force was before the expansion scheme began.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20693, 31 December 1938, Page 7
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